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| Young. Adult. 
| No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 | No. 4 
Male. | Female. | Female. | Female. 
Piersriis? 1h Mancenessencescscsleecsc ess ice 97°5 29:0 28°5 29:25 
PR MADEGA eth ucneateseecdevesecvews ech es 51:0 55:0 54:0 56°0 
YY MLR ates Anas pile siuien ht 7g anc 17:87 18°3 18°87 18°5 
Which primary longest, ............ 5th § j4th & 5th} 5th 5th 
Amt. by which other primaries fall, |Ist 4:0 54 58 57 
eS re ,, Short of longest, 2nd 1°5 2°3 2°9 27 
“ a is % su, (ard O'6 0°95 115 Ls 
Length of tail from vent, ............ 12°75 12°75 13°5 12°63 
Longest tail feathers exceed shortest, oo TOPs vat en oes 1:0 
BRA SUS Sasa rung a odeshees case sree ies tars 42 Si ae 4y 4, 
Foot, greatest length, ...........00 64 7°25 6°87 6°6 
- Watlblinpee sees Shwe 5°75 55 5:19 5:13 
I ae Sah Maasateck tals ts cokisokedeses 2°13 2°25 2°88 2°25 
Its claw, along curve, .....ssscseeees 1:44 1:44, 1:25 1:37 
PIPE RGE Se SEM oem acantetoetionchedoan 1:3 1:37 1:37 1:25 
Tts claw, along curve, ......cscesse.s 1:87 2°13 2°05 2°25 
HirTTMETRLOGN Henin casSauee ce cnese dteeeree 1°24, S71 1:25 534i 
ts claw, along curve, :.i.:...: ss... 1°69 2:0 2°63 2°17 
Bill, straight, from edge of cere, ... 12 1:2 1:18 1:3 
» along curve, ditto, : 1°41 1°44, 1:25 15 
Mee BROT, PEDOS ve aies, seine se aes «+ Sei on de 1°72 16 19 
SOLITUDE AG ADO, sal isedsa secede avs 1:28 1:22 1°33 Er 
» height at margin of cere,...... 0°65 0°72 0-7 O07 
Length of cere (if any),..........0008 0°36 0°43 0°35 0-4: 
Lower tail coverts fall short of 
PHORM 5. ec cuseSeved segeonceves 5°75 6°4: 6°4, 6°25 
Longest crest feather, ............00 42 4:0 3°5 45 
No. 1, a young male, shot on the 17th November, had the 
bill black; the cere, hoary black; the irides, yellow; the feet, 
dirty yellowish white. The whole of the head, back and sides 
of the neck, and ear coverts, rufous buff, each feather with a nar- 
row dark brown central stripe, a long, conspicuous, occipital crest, 
black, narrowly tipped with white ; scapulars and inter scapula- 
ry region, hair brown, the feathers paling at the margins, and 
towards their bases to a pale wood brown; rump and upper tail 
coverts, dingy somewhat rufous wood brown; central tail fea- 
thers, a sort of olive brown, very narrowly tipped with white, 
with a one inch subterminal, and four other half inch broad, 
transverse, dark brown bars. Lateral tail feathers, remains of 
nesting plumage, much abraded, with sandy brown grounds, 
and barred like the central feathers. Wing coverts, except the 
